RUSH
Released: March 18th, 1974 (Canada) / August 10th, 1974 (USA)View All Album Certifications
Highest Billboard Chart Position: 105
Liner Notes
Personnel:
Geddy Lee - Lead Vocals & Bass
Alex Lifeson - Guitars & Vocals
John Rutsey - Drums & Vocals
All songs composed by Lee & Lifeson except 'In The Mood' composed by Lee · Recorded at Toronto Sound Studios · Recorded at Eastern Sound · Remixed at Toronto Sound · Remix Engineer - Terry Brown · Mastered at Masterdisk · (Remastered at Gateway Mastering Studios, Portland, Maine) · Produced by RUSH · Executive Production - SRO · Photographs by BIC Photography · All arrangements by RUSH · Album cover design by Paul Weldon · For best results play at maximum volume · Mastering Consultant Jim Shelton · Mastering: Gilbert Kong · (Remastering: Bob Ludwig and Brian Lee)· Executive Producer-Robin McBride
Road Crew - Ian Grandy & Liam Birt · Special thanks to-Denny Rosencrantz / Cliff Burnstein / Charlie Fach
Of course not to forget all those who have made this possible · Jeff Franklin · Ira Blacker · Sol Saffian · Greg McCutcheon · Wally Meyrowitz · Marsha Weiss · Joe McHugh · Lezlee Monchak · Bob Roper · Peter Taylor · Glenn McLaren · Thanks to Mike & Jules Belkin for their early belief.
Alternate Moon Records liner notes "Thanks"
Special thanks to: Abbey Road Pub and Staff, Doc Cooper, Mr. & Mrs. G. Grandy, Cousin Glenn McLaren, Hal Greenson, Kalua Music, Drew Metcalf, Music Shoppe International, Sheila Posner, R.P.M., Peter Taylor, Paul Weldon
Moon Records is a subsidiary of SRO Productions Ltd.
With Special Thanks to Donna Halper of WMMS in Cleveland for getting the ball rolling
A Moon Production Inc/Personal Direction: Ray Daniels & Vic Wilson of S.R.O. Productions, Toronto, Canada.
© 1974 Mercury Records © 1974 Anthem Entertainment
Articles
Citation of Release Date - SRO Press Release, May 1974 Rush Mention - Billboard Magazine, September 1973 Rush "Not Fade Away" - Billboard Magazine, September 1973 Artist Profile: Rush - RPM Weekly Magazine, December 1973 Rush: Deadly Serious About Their Music - Eye Magazine, March 1974 Broadcaster Playlist: Rush - Unknown Source, May 1974 Rush Rock Sound Crisp and Strong - The Ottawa Citizen, May 1974 Rush Album Review - The Canadian Composer, June 1974 First Time Around: Rush - Billboard Magazine, August 1974 High Notes - WMMS Top Albums - Cleveland Plains Dealer, August 1974 New to States, Rush is off to a flying start - Cincinnati Enquirer, August 1974 Rush - Beetle Magazine, September 1974 Rush debut album mention - The Winnipeg Tribune, September 1974 Trio of groups rock audience - Eagle Eye Press of Lock Haven State College PA, September 1974 Rush Album Review - Good Times, October 1974 Rush Hot on Circuit - Billboard Magazine, October 1974 Rush debut album mention - The Winnipeg Tribune, November 1974 Rush - Beetle Magazine, December 1974 Rush debut album mention - Adirondack Daily Enterprise, December 1974 New Rock Music Trio Coming on Strong - The Lexington KY Dispatch, December 1974 'Rush' Making It As a Power Trio - The Raleigh Register, December 1974 Rush, Downchild Blues Band - Scene Magazine, December 1974 Rush Makes Names - Las Cruces Sun, December 1974 Rock Power Trio Has Pros and Cons - Valley Morning of Star Harlingen TX, December 1974 Rush (Review) - Circus Magazine, January 1975 Rush: Living the Rock and Roll Lifestyle - The Canadian Composer Magazine, January 1975 Toronto band lively but loud - The Winnipeg Tribune, January 1975 Rush (Review) - Creem Magazine, February 1975 Rush (Review) - Circus Raves, February 1975 Rush Mention - Billboard Magazine, February 1975 Rush (Review) - Melody Maker Magazine, February 1975 A Rush of Sound! - Music Canada Quarterly Magazine, March 1975 Rush (Review) - Melody Maker Magazine, March 1975 R50: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the release of Rush's Debut Album - C-X1, March 18th, 2024
Singles
Finding My Way b/w Need Some Love In The Mood b/w What You're Doing
Track Listing
1. Finding My Way (5:06)
2. Need Some Love (2:19)
3. Take A Friend (4:24)
4. Here Again (7:35)
5. What You're Doing (4:22)
6. In The Mood (3:34)
7. Before and After (5:34)
8. Working Man (7:10)
Finding My Way
Music and Lyrics: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson
Yeah, oh yeah!
Ooh, said I,
I'm comin' out to get you.
Ooh, sit down.
I'm comin' out to find you.
Ooh, yeah. Ooh yeah.
Findin' my way!
I've been gone so long
I've lost count of the years.
Well, I sang some sad songs,
oh yes, and cried some bad tears.
Look out! I'm comin'.
Whoa, whoa.
Look out! I'm comin'.
Whoa, yeah.
I'm runnin',
finding my way back home.
Oh yeah!
Yeah, oh yeah!
Ooh, said I,
I'm comin' back to look for you.
Ooh, sit down.
I'm goin' by the back door.
Ooh, yeah. Ooh yeah.
Findin' my way!
You've done me no right,
but you've done me some wrong.
Left me lonely each night
while I sing my sad song.
Look out! I'm comin'.
Whoa, whoa.
Look out! I'm comin'.
Whoa, yeah.
I'm runnin',
findin' my way back home.
I'm comin'.
Ooh, babe, I said I'm runnin'.
Whoa, babe, I said I'm comin'
to get you, mama.
Said I'm runnin'.
Ooh, babe, I said I'm comin'
for you, babe.
I said I'm runnin'.
Ooh yes, babe, I said I'm comin'
to get you, babe. I said I'm comin'.
Ooh, yeah.
I'm findin',
I'm findin' my way back home.
Well, I've had it for now,
livin' on the road.
Ooh, yeah.
Ooh, yeah.
Findin' my way!
Need Some Love
Music and Lyrics: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson
I'm runnin' here,
I'm runnin' there.
I'm lookin' for a girl.
'Cause there's nothin' I need,
there's nothin' I want more
in the whole wide world.
Well, I need it quick
and I need it now,
before I start to fade away.
That's why I'm searchin',
that's why I'm lookin'
each and ev'ry day.
Oo, I need some love.
I said I need some love!
Oo yes, I need some love
This feelin' I can't rise above.
Yeah, yeah!
Well I been hustlin' here,
I been hustlin' there.
I been searchin' for about a week.
And I started feelin'
this strange sensation.
My knees are startin' gettin' weak.
Well I need what keeps
a young man alive;
I'm sayin' I need it now.
I'm gonna get the message
across to you
someway, somehow.
Oo, I need some love.
I said I need some love!
Oo yes, I need some love
This feelin' I can't rise above.
Oo, yeah yeah!
Take A Friend
Music and Lyrics: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson
Well, I'm lookin' at you,
and I'm wond'rin' what you're gonna do.
Looks like you got no friends,
no one to stick with you till the end.
Take yourself a friend.
Keep 'em till the end.
Whether woman or man,
it makes you feel so good,
so good.
Yes, you think you're all right,
and now you're lonely ev'ry night.
Well, you need a friend,
someone on whom you can always depend.
Take yourself a friend.
Keep 'em till the end.
Whether woman or man,
it makes you feel so good,
so good.
Yes, you need some advice.
Well, let me put it to you nice.
I said you need a friend,
someone who'll stick with you to the end.
Take yourself a friend.
Keep 'em till the end.
Whether woman or man,
it makes you feel so good,
so good.
Here Again
Music and Lyrics: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson
I said I played this song
so many times before
that the melody keeps repeating
growing new ideas,
flowing chords and notes
like a mountain river bleeding.
Well, I say as I look back,
And all the thoughts I've had,
They reflect just what I'm learning.
Yes, you know that the hardest part,
Yes, I say it is to stay on top,
On top of a world forever churning.
Well, you say you can laugh,
But I can see that your eyes are glass.
Well, do you see, can't you see, what I'm feeling?
Yes, I've seen your face before.
Why, I've seen it everywhere,
Showing up to me without a scent revealing.
Well, I said will it ever change?
Will it stay the same?
I'd surely like to know before it's over.
Well, I said I played some.
I said it won't be long,
Won't be long before I stop and play it over.
Oh, oh I've, I've seen your face before.
Is it ever gonna, ever gonna change again?
Oh, oh I've, I've been in one place too long.
Is it ever gonna, ever gonna change again?
What You're Doing
Music and Lyrics: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson
Well, I see you standin' there
with your finger in the air.
Ev'rything we do,
you wanna leave it up to you.
Who do you think you are?
You think you are a star,
try'n' to run the town,
always try'n' to put us down.
Well, you think that you're right.
You think you're out of sight.
Tell me something, mister;
why'd you have to make us so uptight?
Well, you say you've been try'n'.
You know that you're ly'n'.
I think you need some groovin'.
Who do you think you're foolin' now?
Well, you better start changin'.
You life needs rearrangin'.
You better do some talkin'
or you better do some walkin' now.
Yeah, you think that you're right.
You think you're out of sight.
Tell me something, mister;
why'd you have to make us so uptight?
I know what you're doing,
all that you been doin' wrong.
I don't know what you're feelin',
oh, but you been feelin' long.
Well, you think that you're right.
Tell me something, mister;
why'd you have to make us so uptight?
In The Mood
Music and Lyrics: Geddy Lee
Hey now, baby,
well, I like your smile.
Won't you come and talk to me.
for a little while.
Well, you're makin' me crazy,
the way you roll them eyes.
Won't you come and sit with me.
I'll tell you all my lies.
Hey baby, it's a quarter to eight.
I feel I'm in the mood.
Hey baby, the hour is late.
I feel I've got to move.
Well, hey now, baby,
Don't you talk so fast.
I'm just try'n' to make these good times,
I'm try'n' to make it last.
Ev'rything's getting hazy.
Now honey, where'd you go?
I just want to find out, baby,
where'd you learn what you know?
Hey baby, it's a quarter to eight.
I feel I'm in the mood.
Hey baby, the hour is late.
I feel I've got to move.
Well, hey now, baby,
said, I like your style.
You really got me, baby,
way down deep inside.
Oo, you drive me crazy.
Baby, you're the one.
I just want to rock-and-roll you woman,
until the night is gone.
Hey baby, it's a quarter to eight.
I feel I'm in the mood.
Hey baby, the hour is late.
I feel I've got to move.
Before and After
Music and Lyrics: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson
Love won't see my comin'
on a Sunday noon today.
Still don't believe we're fadin',
but now the world should wait.
And now you're fina'lly list'nin'
to what I have to say.
Well, the time is right,
and it is today.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Maybe we could talk about it
and try to get it straight.
After all these years, baby,
maybe it's too late.
But I really need to
have you by my side,
And that's the only feelin',
baby, I can't hide.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Well you aren't list'nin',
I ain't talkin',
we ain't gettin' nowhere.
I keep tryin' to get
through to you baby.
All you do is stare.
I don't wanna see that.
I need you by my side.
Well, I don't want to be your lover.
Babe, I wanna be your man.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Well, now my story's over, baby,
and I ain't gonna tell it twice.
Well, you better start list'nin',
or get out of my life.
Or you're gonna be left out,
I said left out in the cold.
Yeah, before you get my lovin',babe,
you'll be too old.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Well, I'm talkin' to you baby.
Well, I said
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Working Man
Music and Lyrics: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson
I get up at seven, yeah,
and I go to work at nine.
I got no time for livin'.
Yes, I'm workin' all the time.
It seems to me
I could live my life
a lot better than I think I am.
I guess that's why they call me,
they call me the workin' man.
They call me the workin' man.
I guess that's what I am.
I get home at five o'clock,
and I take myself out a nice, cold beer.
Always seem to be wond'rin'
why there's nothin' goin' down here.
It seems to me
I could live my life
a lot better than I think I am.
I guess that's why they call me,
they call me the workin' man.
They call me the workin' man.
I guess that's what I am.
Well they call me the workin' man.
I guess that's what I am.
